The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterit, is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English.
EXAMPLES:
- John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.
- My father died last year.
- He lived in Fiji in 1976.
- We crossed the Channel yesterday.
PATTERNS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE
| Affirmative | ||
| Subject | + verb + ed | |
| I | skipped. | |
| Negative | ||
| Subject | + did not | + infinitive without to |
| They | didn't | go. |
| Interrogative | ||
| Did | + subject | + infinitive without to |
| Did | she | arrive? |
| Interrogative negative | ||
| Did not | + subject | + infinitive without to |
| Didn't | you | play? |
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